Labour has denied claims that top civil servant Sue Gray was involved in talks about taking a job as Sir Keir Starmer’s chief of staff for more than a year before she was formally offered the role.
The move to appoint the official, who oversaw the Partygate inquiry into events that took place while Boris Johnson was in No 10, has sparked outrage among Tory allies of the former prime minister, who cried stitch-up.
